Gardner

Rialto CA

Description

Job Summary: The Gardner will perform landscaping duties and related services required to maintain safe and attractive grounds for client job sites. Duties/Responsibilities: • Collects and discards litter or other waste materials. • Operates a variety of maintenance equipment such as shovels, rakes, or saws to complete assignments. • Operates power equipment and other vehicles such as tractors, trailers, mowers, chainsaws, clippers, or other similar machines. • Ensures proper hydration of lawns, trees, and plants using sprinkler systems, hoses, watering cans, or irrigation systems. • Trims trees and vegetation and maintains flower beds. • Maintains sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, or other features; performs general cleaning. • Delivers and spreads topsoil and/or straw over newly seeded areas. • Prepares chemicals as needed for application by mixing according to directions. • Applies fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees by spraying or spreading. • Performs regular and seasonal maintenance on irrigation systems including any necessary winterizing procedures. • Installs and maintains specialty features such as rock gardens, retaining walls, decks, or playground equipment. • Educates and consults with clients regarding plant selection, care, and costs of additional services and maintenance. • Performs other related duties as assigned. Required Skills/Abilities: • Good verbal communication skills. • Basic understanding of groundskeeping and landscaping practices and procedures. • Ability to work efficiently and thoroughly. • Ability to follow directions. • Thorough understanding of how to care for various types of lawns, greenery, and plants. • Ability to operate various types of power equipment including lawn mowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment. • Ability to use hand tools required for landscaping. • Ability to follow instructions and complete assignments. Education and Experience: • High school degree or equivalent. • On-the-job training offered. • Completion of applicable pesticide training required. • Must know how to operate lawn maintenance equipment, such as lawnmowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, and hedge trimmers. Physical Requirements: • Prolonged periods standing, walking, stretching, bending, climbing ladders, kneeling, and pulling. • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time. • Must be physically able to operate power equipment. • Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions.